Paramount-Skydance Watch: Wall Street Analyst Increasingly Concerned Deal May Collapse

A prolonged FCC review against a backdrop of President Donald Trump’s lawsuit is fueling speculation that a Paramount–Skydance marriage may be heading for the rocks.    In a note Wednesday, analyst Rich Greenfield of LightShed Partners voiced what others have started to wonder, saying he’s “increasingly concerned the deal could collapse as Paramount is paralyzed by legal fears surrounding the pending President Trump–CBS 60 Minutes lawsuit.” The proposed merger announced last summer carried several automat ...